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Tag: Gary Anderson

  • Lack of a gallop leaves Anderson searching for fluidity and answers

    March 2005, Cheltenham. Day one of the Festival. The race that’s not only the highlight of the day, but of that entire year for us that are hopelessly devoted to jump racing. Or maybe many years. Hardy Eustace, the venerable old Massey Ferguson 390T, the old dog for the hard road, turns for home with…

  • Scotsman hovering with intent as ‘Family Guy’ returns to form!

    It is probably the case that once you get any way familiar with a given sporting activity or author or journalist or whatever the case may be, you will develop one favourite exponent thereof who will be admired and enjoyed perhaps a bit more than all others. Though brilliant the rest may be. Apply that…

  • Cross comes crashing down at first hurdle

    One of the hazards of being in this line of work is being wrong. In terms of predicting the outcome of events, in this instance. Then again, punditry is mostly guess work with a bit of background information for optics. Doing so for GAA matches or horse racing is one thing, venturing into other sporting…

  • Just when we thought it was safe to feel normal…

    Never in my near four decades on this big round ball was it ever envisaged the following words would be uttered here, but, I cannot wait for the GAA season to be over. And I couldn’t care less if it never re-started. Look, it’s only a phase. I know that, and anybody who has spent…

  • Even a genius is only human

    Two ballads by well known Irish performers are reverberating in my head. One very well known, the other possibly not as much so as could be the case. The first being One Day At A Time by Gloria and the other being Christy Moore’s version of Viva Le Quinta Brigada – relating to Irish involvement…